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Original fundamental ideas and the first experiments
Hiromasa Goto
Division of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University ofTsukuba, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
E-mail: gotoh@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp

1) Development of chiral liquid crystal polyacetylene derivatives forferroelectric liquid crystal polyacetylene.
2) Electrochemical polymerization in liquid crystals.
3) Electrochemically driven change in conjugated polymers prepared incholesteric liquid crystals.
4) Polycondensation in liquid crystal solvent as a new type of asymmetric
reaction.

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Contents:I) Chiral liquid crystal polyacetylene derivative
p 3. (1993, January), Synthesis of a precursor compound of chiral liquid
crystal polyacetylene derivative
p 4. (1993, June), Synthesis of a monomer of chiral liquid crystal
polyacetylene derivative
p5. (1993, June), PolymerizationII) Electrochemical polymerization in liquid crystals
p 6. (2000, December), Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals
p 7. (2000, December), Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals (sandwich cellmethod)
p 8. (2001, January), Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals (proto-type electrochemical polymerization in liquid crystal)p 9. (2001, June), Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals
p10. (2004, June), Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals (a completed method)
III) Findings of Electrochemically driven change in conjugated polymers
prepared in cholesteric liquid crystals
p 11. (2004, June), Measurements and confirmation of chiroptically active
electro-chromism
p 12. (2004, June), Measurements and confirmation of chiroptically activeelectro-chromismIV) The Stille-type polycondensation of achiral monomers in cholestericliquid crystal for obtaining chiroptical polymers, and confirmation of theoptical activities
p 13. (2003, April) Asymmetric polycondensation reactions in liquid crystals.
p 14. (2003, October) Measurements of optical activities of the polymers
prepared by the Stille coupling reaction in cholesteric liquid crystal solvent.

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Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 1993, 5, 5069 (1993, January)
Synthesis of a precursor compound of chiral liquid crystal polyacetylene
derivative3

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Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 1993, 6, 0621 (1993, May)
Synthesis of a monomer of chiral liquid crystal polyacetylene derivative4

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Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 1993, 6, 0644 (1993, June)
Polymerization for obtaining a chiral liquid crystal polyacetylene derivative5

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Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2000, 24, 2401 (2000, Dec)
Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals

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Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2000, 24, 2416 (2000, December)Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals (sandwich cell method)

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Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2001, 24, 2420 (2001, January)
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Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2001, 304, 3083 (2001, June)
Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals

SiSiS

ITN(TMS)2

Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2004, 30, 3093 (2004, June)
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Electro-synthesis in liquid crystals (a completed method)

Content of the experiment: Polymerization of bithiophene in N* (cholesteric) liquid crystal electrolyte solution. Note that the date of 16.6.17 in the Japanese almanac corresponds to 17 June, 2004.

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ビチオフェン = Bithiophene (BTh)Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2004, 31, 3105 (2004, June)
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Measurements and confirmation of chiroptically active electro-chromism

Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2004, 31, 3106 (2004, June)
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Measurements and confirmation of chiroptically active electro-chromism

Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2003, 31, 2965 (2003, April)12

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Asymmetric polycondensation reactions in liquid crystals.

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Goto, H., Res. Lab Note, U. Tsukuba 2003, 31, 3150 (2003, October)
Measurements of optical activities of the polymers prepared by the Stillecoupling reaction in cholesteric liquid crystal solvent.

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